Chapter 669: Tired Army
After receiving Xia Yu's notice, Cao Ren did not hesitate, while informing Cao Cāo of the news, he personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He knew very well what kind of virtue Xia Yu and these people were, and now with such a big piece of meat, these wolves have no reason not to keep their mouths, in order to get ahead of them and take this credit, Cao Ren rushed all the way, and as a result, he crashed into Tian Feng's ambush circle.
Razor is in the north of Pushui and west of Juyeze. In order to prevent being raided by the cavalry, Tian Feng has always arranged the army between the two Ze, although there are no mountains here, but the vegetation is lush, the grass is thick, and there are many swampy areas, which is very unfavorable for the cavalry to gallop. Tian Feng relied on these geographical advantages to block Xia Yu and Cao Ren's attacks, otherwise with his five thousand foot soldiers, how could he survive under the tiger's mouth of more than 13,000 Jing horses.
Tian Feng's ambush is in the north of Lei Ze, where the Guzi River flows into Ju Yeze, where it has left the dense swamp area, Cao Ren cautiously walked through the grass, looking at the endless plains in front of him, Jing Ti in his heart went, and was about to let the horse gallop, but the ambush soldiers rose up, blocking his way, and the crossbow was exhausted, and the dozen knights who rushed to the front were turned on their backs.
Before Cao Ren came back to his senses, shouts of killing also sounded behind him, Wen Chou was on the left, Chun Yuqiong was on the right, rushing out of hiding with a war knife, and broke Cao Ren's cavalry team. Walking in the swamp, the cavalry could not be too fast, and there was an ambush in front, and the cavalry were waiting for orders to decide whether to advance or retreat, and the horses stopped in place, and suddenly they were ambushed, and there was a great confusion. The advantage of the cavalry could not be brought into play at all, but was caught off guard by the Yuan army, who had been waiting for a long time.
Although Cao Ren was young, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and after a short period of tension, he immediately ordered the knights to dismount and fight on foot, using the war horse as a cover, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Yuan army. The soldiers of the Haw Par Riders were all selected from the army. Not only is his riding skill Jing Zhan, but his foot combat is not inferior, and his personal martial arts skills are superb. They panicked. Methodically launched a counterattack, and after half an hour of fighting, they gradually stabilized their position.
Tian Feng was a little regretful. Cao Jun was too strong, and he alone couldn't annihilate them all. He accepted it when he saw it, and responded to Wen Chou and Chun Yuqiong to withdraw from the battlefield, using the Guzi River as a cover, and retreated.
Cao Ren was careless and lost nearly 1,000 people, especially the loss of war horses. Fighting on such a narrow battlefield, the war horse could not gallop, and it became an excellent target, and was killed by Yuan Jun's wounded and nearly thirty percent. Cao Ren was remorseful. didn't dare to chase it easily, so he could only watch Tian Feng leave.
Chun Yuqiong was very excited. He had been afraid of cavalry since he was beaten to the ground by Huangfu Song last time, and this time, under the command of Tian Feng, they defeated Cao's most sharp tiger and leopard cavalry. won a small victory, and his heart was full of joy, and his attitude towards Tian Feng's words was much better.
Tian Feng was not easy at all, he said to Chun Yuqiong and Wen Chou that although Cao Ren was good at fighting, he was young after all. The really scary ones are Xia Yu. Xia Yu and them are all battle-hardened generals, who have fought for many years with the murderous Xianbei people and Qiang people, and their ability to capture fighters far exceeds that of Cao Ren, and the Xiliang cavalry they lead is also more proficient in cavalry combat than the tiger and leopard cavalry. Although Cao Ren is dangerous, it is Xia Yu who is even more dangerous.
As soon as Chun Yuqiong heard that it was Xiliang Qi, he first added three points of caution, he didn't say much, obeyed Tian Feng's command, cautiously paid attention to everything around, and equipped the scouts with more than a dozen war horses that had just been captured, and let them inquire around.
As Tian Feng expected, as soon as Cao Ren retreated, the cavalry led by Xia Yu and others appeared. Watching the scouts speeding back and forth, every Yuan sergeant raised his twelve-point jingti, clenched his weapons, and was ready to fight at any time, not daring to be careless. In order to avoid being pursued by cavalry raids, Tian Feng ordered to maintain a formation when marching, so that he could enter the battle as quickly as possible.
Chun Yuqiong and Wen Chou didn't dare to be careless, they alternated cover and took turns to advance. This safety is safe, but the speed is also greatly reduced, and they only walk less than twenty miles a day, and the soldiers are still exhausted.
"That's not the way to go." Tian Feng called Wen Chou and Chun Yuqiong over, poured two sips of cold water with a bang, and wiped his lips: "At this rate, it will take us at least three days to return to Puyang." In three days, I am afraid that Liu Xiu's forwards have already arrived outside Puyang City. ”
Wen Chou was silent for a moment: "What does that gentleman mean?" ”
"I'll stay and stop, you go first."
Wen Chou shook his head without hesitation: "No, if you want to go, Mr. will go first, and I will stay and break off." ”
Tian Feng sneered: "You are just a partial general, what qualifications do you have to lead an army alone?" Don't fight anymore, I'll stay and break off. It is about to get dark, after resting for an hour, you will set off immediately, prepare your position in the first twenty miles, I will start a rapid march in an hour, if Xia Yu chases, you must be able to stop him, if Xia Yu does not chase, I will go out of forty miles in one breath, rest in formation, and then you set off again. In this way, by noon tomorrow, we will be able to return to Puyang City smoothly. ”
Wen Chou was still thinking about it, but Chun Yuqiong had already nodded and agreed: "Then according to Captain Tian's intentions, let's set off first, prepare the position in front, and meet Captain Tian." ”
Tian Feng glanced at him and waved his hand: "Then act according to the plan." ”
Wen Chou sighed, he came out with Chun Yuqiong, although now he leads two thousand people alone, but after all, Chun Yuqiong is the main general. Chun Yuqiong agreed, and he couldn't say anything more. He looked at Tian Feng with his eyes and stroked his chest: "Mr. Tian, you should be more careful. ”
"Hmm." Tian Feng responded, and said, "You too." ”
Wen Chou gave another salute, looked at Chun Yuqiong who was waiting in the distance, Yu Yan stopped again, and hurried up. Tian Feng sat on the baggage car, looked at the sunset in the West Mountain, and sighed softly. While arranging for his subordinates to go into battle, he took a piece of cake from the hand of Tian Jing, a personal guard, tore a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and after a while, he clapped his hands: "The Hu cakes in Julu City are really fragrant, I don't know if there will be a chance to eat them again in the future." ”
"We'll be able to go back." Tian Jing said in a low voice: "As long as we return to Puyang, we can return to Jizhou safely." ”
"I hope so." Tian Feng stood up, put his hand on his brow, and looked into the distance. As far as the eye could see, two war horses were standing, they were scouts sent by Xia Yu, they had been following for a day, but Xia Yu's cavalry had not shown up. Tian Feng didn't know if Xia Yu was behind, and the scouts he sent out never found Xia Yu's shadow, but they were robbed and killed by the other party's scouts. In terms of personal martial arts on horseback, the people of Jizhou are really not the opponents of the Xiliang people, and at the end of the day, at least a dozen scouts died under the opponent's arrows.
Tian Feng refused to slack off, he knew that the cavalry was powerful, and it would take a day for a foot soldier to walk thirty miles, but for the cavalry, it was a matter of an hour. Xia Yu must be hiding in the shadows now, like a vicious wolf, waiting for him to reveal his flaws. As long as he was careless, Xia Yu would pounce on him and tear off a piece of flesh fiercely, maybe even tearing him to pieces.
20,000 Hu cavalry are not his opponents, what is his 10,000 foot soldiers? Tian Feng was in a heavy mood, of course he knew that once Xia Yu caught up with Wen Chou and them when they left, his three or four thousand people would definitely end up with the annihilation of the entire army, and the best result would only be to buy Wen Chou and them a little time.
He only hoped that Xia Yu would not come so coincidentally and that he would have enough time to escape.
Tian Feng looked at the knight in the distance and prayed secretly.
An hour later, night fell, and there was darkness between heaven and earth, and I couldn't see my fingers. Tian Feng ordered all the soldiers to start a rapid march, not to look back, even if the cavalry rushed behind them, not to look back, and to run forward with one mind. In order not to expose his target so quickly, he was not even allowed to shoot a torch, and threw away anything unnecessary except for the necessary weapons and a day's dry food.
The escape began. Sergeant Yuan had been forced out of breath by the cavalry behind him, and although they had not seen the cavalry appear that day, the threat of death was always pressing on their hearts, making them dare not relax in the slightest. At present, Tian Feng asked them to march in a hurry, although they were exhausted, they still gritted their teeth and ran wildly behind Tian Feng.
The march suddenly increased. No one spoke, everyone ran with their heads buried in their heads, their ears full of wheezing gasps, they pricked up their ears and listened to their surroundings, occasionally looking up at the dark night sky behind them. To their comfort, the cavalry never appeared, not even the scout's torches.
Tian Feng ran for more than 20 miles with people in one go, and met Chun Yuqiong, who was waiting for him. As soon as Chun Yuqiong saw Tian Feng, she asked nervously, "How is it, did Xia Yu chase after him?" ”
"Nope. So far, no pursuers have been seen. ”
Chun Yuqiong clapped his hands excitedly: "Great." It seems that Xia Yu didn't expect Captain Tian to take this risk, he is probably still asleep. Captain Tian, then you work harder, continue to run forward, and rest when you reach the outside of Xiancheng. I set off an hour later. ”
"An hour is not enough." Tian Feng gasped and pointed to the soldiers beside him who were sticking out their tongues and panting: "Look at how tired they are, if they run for another hour, they won't be able to reach Xiancheng." ”
Chun Yuqiong raised her eyebrows: "What hour and a half?" ”
"Well, that should be pretty much it." Tian Feng drew his war horse and rushed forward. Chun Yuqiong snorted, "You are the one who said for an hour, and you are the one who changed the hexagram." If you have more than half an hour, Lao Tzu will be in danger for more than half an hour. ”
"It's better to have more than half an hour, let the soldiers rest a little longer, and when the time comes, they will have more strength to run." Wen Chou walked over and said politely: "Why don't you rest for a while, I'll watch here?" ”
Chun Yuqiong responded and yawned: "It's okay, then it's hard Zijun." I'll go take a nap first, and after an hour you wake me up and give you a rest. ”
Wen Chou waved his hand and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, I'm not very tired yet." Sleep in peace, I'll call you in an hour and a half. In fact, he hasn't had a good rest for several days, and now his eyelids are as heavy as a mountain, but Chun Yuqiong has no intention of letting him rest first, what can he say. He twisted his neck, washed his face with cold water, and returned to his position.
There was silence in the distance, Wen Chou leaned on his war horse, standing motionless, but his eyelids couldn't stop and began to fight. rq!!!